SHAHEEN CALLS FOR CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY, JOB CREATION IN CARROLL COUNTY

June 11, 2010

(Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen today
called for continued investment in energy efficiency projects and job creation
during a visit to Mountain View Nursing Home in Ossipee. Mountain View
Nursing Home is renovating and expanding its facilities and installing a wood
pellet boiler, which will make the nursing home more energy efficient and
result in savings on heating costs.

"Energy efficiency is the fastest and most cost effective
way to address our energy challenges," said Shaheen. "Improving energy
efficiency in buildings will help get America running on clean energy, reduce
dangerous pollution, break our addiction to Middle East oil, and create jobs in
our communities."

The new wood pellet heating system at Mountain View Nursing
Home is made possible through the Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grants
(EECBG) program. Last year, after the U.S. Department of Energy issued an
erroneous ruling that New Hampshire counties were not eligible for funding
under the EECBG program, Shaheen successfully fought to have the ruling
reversed resulting in an additional $200,000 for energy efficiency projects in
Carroll County alone.

"The Carroll County Commissioners would like to thank
Senator Shaheen and her office for their help in securing federal energy grant
funding for our new Mountain View Nursing Home," said Carroll County
Commissioner Chip Albee. "This new energy efficient biomass heating
system will provide up to 90 percent of Mountain View's heating needs and 50
percent of the domestic hot water requirements while reducing our use of fossil
fuels and greenhouse gas emissions."

Investing in energy efficiency is especially critical in
New Hampshire, which is currently one of the most petroleum dependent states in
the nation due to the state's reliance on oil to heat buildings. A New
Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning study suggests that approximately 84
cents of each dollar spent on diesel fuel and heating oil leaves the
state. Energy efficiency projects can help reduce the amount of money
sent out of state by lowering energy consumption and costs, while at the same
time promoting clean energy jobs in New Hampshire.